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May 14, 2025
PHIL CAMPBELL -- The town council has named Billy Burks to fill the vacant Place 3 position. The vacancy was created when former Place 3 Councilman Ed...
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May 14, 2025
RUSSELLVILLE – Two part-time firefighters have been hired full-time to fill two vacancies that recently occurred as the result of one termination and ...
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By Alyssa Sutherland For the FCT 
May 14, 2025
RUSSELLVILLE — A vacancyleftontheFranklin County Commission after the death of District 1 commissioner Michael Lewis Murray will be filled via appoint...
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Workforce option available in fall
By Alyssa Sutherland For the FCT 
May 14, 2025
RUSSELLVILLE Some high school students may soon opt out of two years’ worth of math and science courses. To do so they must choose Alabama’s new high ...
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May 14, 2025
Alabama’s rural hospitals are vanishing. This devastating crisis is unfolding in the heart of our state, jeopardizing not only the health of our peopl...
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May 14, 2025
Members of the District 1 Garden Club of Alabama met at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Decatur to learn about landscapes and install new officers. Har...
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May 14, 2025
Russellville City Council The Russellville City Council meets at 6 p.m. every first and third Monday at city hall. 256-332-6060.
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María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
May 14, 2025
BELGREEN – Two members of the Belgreen High School fishing team, the Belgreen Anglers, brought home the school’s first state fishing championship. Sev...
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RED BAY – City officials declined an offer to accept ownership of the privately owned Hillcrest Memorial Garden Cemetery located on Golden Road.Mayor ...
May 14, 2025

RUSSELLVILLE Russellville High School graduate Sarah Morgan recently received the Departmentof Computer Science Outstanding Cybersecurity Undergraduat...
May 14, 2025

RUSSELLVILLE Second and third graders from West Elementary and Russellville Elementary recently celebrated finishing their 10-week Liberty Learning Fo...
May 14, 2025

PHIL CAMPBELL -- The Muscle Shoals Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority has donated 435 books to the elementary school – one for every student.Ja...
May 14, 2025
PHIL CAMPBELL -- Franklin County teams made up of students from grades seven through 12 recently competed in a county math tournament at Northwest Sho...
May 14, 2025
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Apr.29 • Derek Andrew Henderson to Taylor Claire Glover • Canseco Zosima Alvarez to Lara Luis Angel Salinas
May 14, 2025
RED BAY – City officials declined an offer to accept ownership of the privately owned Hillcrest Memorial Garden Cemetery located on Golden Road.Mayor ...
May 14, 2025
May19 – Russellville City Council Meeting.Meetings are held at 6 p.m. in City Hall in downtown Russellville.May20– TheRussellville City Schools Board ...
May 14, 2025
Apr. 22 • Tony and Tonya Welch to Justin and Alanis Epperson, survivorship • Federal National Mortgage Association and Fannie Mae to Derek and Damita ...
May 14, 2025
May 5, 2025 Martha Fay Cooke, 85, of Russellville, passed away May 5. Burial was May 8 in the Knights of Pythias Cemetery. Spry Memorial Chapel direct...
May 14, 2025
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BELGREEN – Two members of the Belgreen High School fishing team, the Belgreen Anglers, brought home the school’s first state fishing championship.Seve...
May 14, 2025

PHIL CAMPBELL -- Kaylie Motes has signed a scholarship to play golf at Northwest Shoals Community College. Motes, who has been playing for four years,...
May 14, 2025

SPRUCE PINE -- Luke Herring, a senior student athlete at Hackleburg High School, earned golds for discus and shot put at the state track meet in Cullm...
May 14, 2025

The softball postseason run by the Russellville Lady Golden Tigers came to an end at the AHSAA Class 5A North Regional held at the Florence Sportsplex...
May 14, 2025

In a stunning display of resilience and grit, the Belgreen Bulldogs softball team battled their way through the elimination bracket of the Class 2A No...
May 14, 2025